On the Nov. 2 ballot is a voter-driven initiative to amend Colorado’s constitution and make it the first state in the nation to award electoral votes based on the percentage of the popular vote each candidate wins, effective this election. That could have a profound impact on who is elected president.
It means that Kerry could lose the state but still win four of its nine electoral votes, according to Democratic backers and Republican opponents. That prospect has prompted the GOP to mount a fierce challenge to the initiative even as they prepare for a possible post-Election Day legal showdown.
Leave it to the GOP to fight the will of the people on this. This is, of course, the way the whole nation is headed. It is a way to keep the old electoral system while updating it to proportionality. mjh
I’m having some fun providing free postcards. See the link below. Let me know if there are other pictures you’d like to have as postcards from my slides. Finally, I was inspired in all of this by my friend Lisa Tannenbaum and her great photo site:New Mexico Photos. mjh
We were hiking near Cabresto Lake which is surrounded by but not in the Latir Wilderness. I paused on the trail as 4 horsemen approached. They were dressed in fatigues head to toe, more likely hunters than fisherfolk. I asked the first, “are we close to the wilderness boundary?” “Yeah,” he answered, “about 15-20 minutes ahead.” Looking down at me, he asked, “You a Kerry supporter?” I laughed, surprised and puzzled. “Yeah. Why do you ask?” “You look like a Kerry supporter.” Riding a bit further he said, “Good luck to your boy in November — he’ll need it.”
Too late, I thought:
“Know what I don’t like about Kerry? He’s a hunter.”
“Why do you ask? Cuz I’m not sitting on my ass letting someone else do all the work?” (the horse)
“Let me get a picture. I’ve never seen a jackass on a horse.”
“You make $200K/year? You got a huge estate? No? Why are you pro-Bush?”
“White guys in camo — who would guess you’re Republicans.”
I’ve stewed over this much longer than I should, which is exactly what he’d like to hear. mjh
The controversy over the authenticity of the documents has all but blocked out discussion of their content. They say Killian was under pressure to “sugar coat” Bush’s record, and Bush refused a direct order to take a required medical examination and discussed how he could skip drills.
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." — Sam Adams
